Noboru Nakamura

Noboru Nakamura

Noboru Nakamura (中村登, Nakamura Noboru, 4 August 1913 – 20 May 1981) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After graduating from the Tokyo Imperial University Faculty of Letters in 1936, Nakamura joined the Shochiku film studios, working as an assistant director for Torajirō Saitō and Yasujirō Shimazu. He debuted as director in 1941 with Life and Rhythm, and finally received recognition with his 1951 film Home Sweet Home. His most noted works include the Yasunari Kawabata adaptation Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963), The Kii River (1966) and Portrait of Chieko (1967). Both Twin Sisters of Kyoto and Portrait of Chieko were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nakamura was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class.

  • Title: Noboru Nakamura
  • Popularity: 1.816
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1913-08-04
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Нобору Накамура
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Noboru Nakamura Movies

  • 1953
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    Zoku jūdai no seiten

    Zoku jūdai no seiten

    1 1953 HD

    Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.

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  • 1953
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    Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

    Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

    1 1953 HD

    Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent...

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  • 1967
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    Three Faces of Love

    Three Faces of Love

    1 1967 HD

    When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama....

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  • 1979
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    Nichiren

    Nichiren

    1 1979 HD

    An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren...

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  • 1963
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    Twin Sisters of Kyoto

    Twin Sisters of Kyoto

    6.5 1963 HD

    In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins...

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  • 1967
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    Portrait of Chieko

    Portrait of Chieko

    1 1967 HD

    Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her...

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  • 1942
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    Otoko no iki

    Otoko no iki

    1 1942 HD

    This was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war was still on the winning side, there wasn't even a...

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  • 1942
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    Otoko no iki

    Otoko no iki

    1 1942 HD

    This was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war was still on the winning side, there wasn't even a...

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  • 1964
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    The Shape of Night

    The Shape of Night

    6.6 1964 HD

    Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate affair with one of her regulars, but his changing...

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  • 1952
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    The Waves

    The Waves

    5 1952 HD

    Nami (波 Nami) is a Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.

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  • 1961
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    Women of Tokyo

    Women of Tokyo

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1957
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    When It Rains, It Pours

    When It Rains, It Pours

    1 1957 HD

    Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to...

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  • 1951
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    Home Sweet Home

    Home Sweet Home

    6.8 1951 HD

    The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded prize money for 25 years of service to his workplace,...

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  • 1954
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    Edo no yubae

    Edo no yubae

    1 1954 HD

    In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate with the help of Enomoto Takeaki's navy. Honda Koroiku...

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  • 1955
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    The Mask and Destiny

    The Mask and Destiny

    1 1955 HD

    Shuzenji Monogatari (The Mask and Destiny) is based on a 12th-century Japanese legend. An abortive royal romance leads to an escalating series of...

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  • 1962
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    Kyūjin ryokō

    Kyūjin ryokō

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1964
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    Our Happiness Alone

    Our Happiness Alone

    1 1964 HD

    Mototsugu is the younger son of Akira Sakawa, a director of an advertising agency whose mother, Nobuko, is ill with cancer of the liver. His elder...

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  • 1962
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    A Roaring Trade

    A Roaring Trade

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Estuary

    The Estuary

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1953
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    Dreaming People

    Dreaming People

    1 1953 HD

    Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is...

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  • 1960
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    Irohanihoheto

    Irohanihoheto

    1 1960 HD

    The anonymous partnership Investment Economic Association, led by its president Ryuichi Amano, collected money from many ordinary people and paid out...

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  • 1967
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    Three Faces of Love

    Three Faces of Love

    1 1967 HD

    When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama....

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  • 1979
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    Nichiren

    Nichiren

    1 1979 HD

    An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren...

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  • 1953
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    Dreaming People

    Dreaming People

    1 1953 HD

    Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is...

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  • 1962
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    Flower in a Storm

    Flower in a Storm

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

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  • 1962
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    Zoku aizen katsura

    Zoku aizen katsura

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1971
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    Love and Death

    Love and Death

    1 1971 HD

    Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko. The attraction is mutual but due to the...

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  • 1964
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    Our Happiness Alone

    Our Happiness Alone

    1 1964 HD

    Mototsugu is the younger son of Akira Sakawa, a director of an advertising agency whose mother, Nobuko, is ill with cancer of the liver. His elder...

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  • 1967
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    Portrait of Chieko

    Portrait of Chieko

    1 1967 HD

    Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her...

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  • 1957
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    When It Rains, It Pours

    When It Rains, It Pours

    1 1957 HD

    Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to...

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  • 1960
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    Towering Waves

    Towering Waves

    1 1960 HD

    Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

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  • 1974
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    Sanbaba

    Sanbaba

    1 1974 HD

    A story about being scared of getting old.

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  • 1971
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    The Earth is Born Again

    The Earth is Born Again

    1 1971 HD

    Japanese movie.

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  • 1966
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    The Kii River

    The Kii River

    8 1966 HD

    Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

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  • 1973
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    Love Stopped the Runaway Train

    Love Stopped the Runaway Train

    10 1973 HD

    Based on a novel by Ayako Miura.

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  • 1968
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    My Destiny

    My Destiny

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1963
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    Double Wedding

    Double Wedding

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1955
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    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    A human drama that unfolds around a Japanese restaurant-inn

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